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February 19, 2009
Expert & Community Posts
Opioid Use Linked to Sleep Apnea
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...American Academy of Pain Medicine, patients who use opioid-based pain medications have an... Read more »
Suboxone, the DEA and Opioid REMS
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...Strategies” (REMS) to put tighter controls on the use of opioid medications. (See URGENT:... Read more »
Genetic Variations Affect Opioid Response
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...why some people seem to get more pain relief with opioid medications than others? Scientists... Read more »
Tamper Resistant Opioid Medicines
By Will Rowe , Health Expert...question that when it comes to moderate or severe pain, opioid medicines are one of the safest... Read more »
Quitting Opioids “Cold Turkey” Increases Pain Sensitivity
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...for a long time that if you're going to stop taking opioids, it's usually best to taper off ... Read more »
Health Guide
Opioids: Addiction vs. Dependence
...addiction. Many patients, the general public, and sadly even some physicians fear that anyone taking opioid medications on a long-term basis will become addicted. As a result, pain patients are... Read more »Opioid intoxication
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Intoxication - opioids Treatment Support Groups Expectations (prognosis) Complications Calling your health... Read more »Opioid intoxication
...Definition Opium and its derivatives (which include morphine, heroin, oxycodone, and the synthetic opioid narcotics) generate an abnormal mental state, generally characterized by excessive... Read more »Images
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Medications
...because very serious interactions may occur: mixed opioid agonists/antagonists (e.g.,... Read more »
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June 25, 2009Researchers working with rats have found that a form of hiibernation induced by opioid drugs reduced brain damage and behavioral dysfunction in the... Read summary »
Clinical trial: New drug for opioid-induced constipation
October 02, 2008This is a study to evaluate a new drug (MOA-728) in people who have opioid-induced constipation and associated chronic non-malignant pain. This... Read summary »
Opioids give worse outcomes for back-injury patients
October 02, 2008A new study has found that people who use opioid painkillers during their recovery from a back injury may have worse outcomes than those who do not... Read summary »
New report addresses common problem with opioid pain medicines
October 02, 2008A new report from Pain Treatment Topics gives advice for managing constipation that often accompanies the use of pain medications like hydrocodone... Read summary »
Many cancer patients endure pain because of opioids' stigma
October 03, 2008According to a new British study, many patients with cancer suffer needless pain because they believe that being treated with opioid painkillers... Read summary »
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